Word: absurdities
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fatter have left the Mouse House. In their wake they leave a filthy trail of Lays potato chip bags, Diet Coke cans, and enough Oscar gold to fund another CIA-backed military coup in Guatemala.Going into the details (a long, absurd capitalist saga) of the Weinstein brothers’ departure from Disney is useless at this point. Essentially, the nightmare couldn’t have lasted much longer. Money-grubbing ex-nerd testosterone receptacles like Michael Eisner were fated to have a rocky relationship with Bob & Harvey Weinstein. Harvey yelled at or sat on people who irritated him too much...
...officially run out of juice, attempting to grasp hold of a teenage reality with which it had never been really acquainted. Ultimately, however, those crazies over at “The OC” are making strides to return to the tasteful balance between the real and the absurd. But if they play “Forever Young” again, I’m gone. For serious...
...wartime. But Ames Professor of Law Philip B. Heymann took issue with this argument. Heymann pointed out that while most wars have a definite time span, “terrorism is going to be with us for all of your lives.” He said that it was absurd for a president to claim special executive power in order to combat a war with no end. Deborah N. Pearlstein—director of the U.S. Law and Security Program at Human Rights First and HLS alumna—brought up the deleterious effects of these practices on future intelligence...
...Heteronormative” is a peculiar (some would say vapid) invention that does not yet pack the rhetorical punch “homophobia” does, largely because the idea that underlies it is so absurd on the face of things...
Luckily, things have changed, and the purpose of art has expanded greatly. Consider the function of photography in the imagery of Vietnam or the Great Depression, or the role of Constructivist art in uniting millions of Russians. Pop art forces us to examine our absurd consumer society by parodying such a culture. Art is an immensely powerful tool in shaping the way in which society sees the world in a particular context and reflecting upon that context...